The A4 Rizla packet caper

Or 'The greatest moment ever to happen on radio...Probably, possibly, well at least in the top One Hundred Moments'. The day that Dave came on Wheel of Misfortune was a landmark in the history of cigarette rollups. The full transcript is below with selected highlights captured in .au format.

Advert for A4 Rizlas

Mark:
Hopefully on the line tonight should be organ bod Dave
Dave:
Yeah!
Lard:
Hiya!
D:
You alright?
M:
I'm fine, how are you?
D:
What a lovely song that was, Nice Cave.
M:
Beauty that, really nice.
D:
Beautiful.
M:
You sound nice and mellow tonight Dave.
D:
Well you know I've been on the err..
L:
On the pop.
D:
Yeah.
M:
Right, okay, Beth Ortons here, you played on her record didn't you?
D:
Yeah, say hello to her for me.
Beth:
Hello
D:
Are you still talking to me, was it okay?
B:
It was brilliant.
D:
Thanks.
M:
There you go alright.
L:
She said it was a memorable performance.
D:
Well it always is when I play with my organ, you know.
M:
Wahey, Lard come on.
Boom boom on the drumkit
L:
Sorry mate, will you do that gag again.
D:
Well, I don't know if I can do that again.
L:
Alright, I'll just do it (drums), it's alright.
M:
You could just edit those bits, and it'll sound quite good, right now then, we've got a special added audio bonus tonight, everytime you get one wrong, Beths gonna do this (fart sound), nice one Beth.
L:
I can see this double act becoming a threeway.
M:
Your drummer Al, he got three last night, Dave.
D:
Right.
M:
He's set the pace, right.
D:
He's got an A-Level an all, Jesus.
M:
Has he, whooo crikey, well as of this moment you've got five crap CD's.
D:
Right.
M:
Let's see if you can keep them.
Wheel of Misfortune Theme with added fart noises.
M:
Right, here we go, Lard spin that wheel.
L:
Questions from your dad.
M:
Alright Dave, here we go. What is the shortened size of paper measuring eight and a quarter inches by eleven and three quarter inches? What kind of paper is that?
D:
What kind?
M:
Like you know, A, A what?
L:
What size?
M:
A what?
D:
A what? I dunno, Rizla!
Laughs galore
M:
A Rizla, how big are your Rizlas, Dave? and can you tell us where you get 'em from, I'll give you a point for that A4 was the answer we were looking at, but that's not as good as his answer is it...Spin it again Lard, spin that mother of a wheel.
L:
Dave.
M:
You're not fixing that are you?
L:
Not at all.
M:
Right Dave, what is missing from this famous pop group of the sixties, mmmm, D, Dozey, Beek, Mick and Titch?
D:
David.
L:
Waaahaaaay, close.
D:
Well I don't like Dave, it's better to be called David.
L:
Bit of dignity.
M:
David, D, Dozey, Beeky, Mick and Titch.
L:
Michael and Titch.
M:
Right spin again.
L:
Ooooh dear, er Elvis.
M:
Elvis, right, are you big on Elvis Dave?
D:
Erm, sometimes.
M:
Which of the following was a hit film for Elvis Presley, Boys Boys Boys, Girls Girls Girls, or Girls and Boys come out to play dum dee dum, dee dum dee dum? Which one?
D:
Erm, Girls Girls Girls.
M:
Is right, is the right answer.
L:
Fantastic what a mind.
M:
You're getting Beth miffed, now, cause she's not had a chance to do her sound effect. Lets have one for good measure anyway Beth.
Fart soundLet Rip Fun Pot
L:
Aaaah, that was rubbish, what an anti-climax.
M:
That sounded really painful that ooooohh.
Fart Sound
M:
You've fructured your rectum there. (Fart sound and Lard giggling.)
M:
Right now then spin that wheel again.
L:
And we're looking at Linda McCartney's cookbook.
M:
Okay Dave Linda McCartney, Are you a veggie Dave?
D:
Erm, yeah kind of.
M:
Right okay, Linda is married to Paul McCartney, why is that then?
D:
Why? He's got loads of money and he was in the Beetles.
M:
No.
D:
Erm, because he used to use, my dad's A4 paper and she...
L:
Your struggling.
M:
Your struggling aren't you?
D:
Why's she married to him, I don't know?
M:
Because, he loves her cooking.
D:
Aaah, I don't believe that, he used to eat meat before he met her.
M:
We've had the answer, hang on...(attempted fart noise).. you've broken it, Ooooh
fart soundLet Rip Fun Pot
M:
Let's have the last question for Dave out of Tindersticks.
L:
The 64 pence question.
M:
Oooooh, the 64 pence question, did you say the 64 pence question?
L:
Yes, i'll fill (drum machine sounds and demo).
M:
Right quality.
Katie:
Beth is filling as well.
L:
Filling what?
M:
Right, here we go, give him a chance, Dave, if Dave Bowie saves one pence for every year of his life, and his mum gave himan extra fourteen pence for his last birthday, how much money would he have?
D:
Well I'd say 64 pence.
L:
Yeah, what a mind, mathematican.
D:
Is that right?
M:
That's right Dave, you've beaten Al the drummer.
D:
Well that's because accidents can happen.
M:
Right, I didn't hear that.
L:
I didn't, but I don't think I wanted to really.
M:
Congratulations, Dave, do you feel gratified?
D:
Erm, yeah kind of.
M:
Good, well thank you for joining us tonight.
L:
Have you told him what the prizes are going to be?
M:
The prize, what is the prize?
L:
Two egg cups.
M:
Two egg cups.
L:
Not necessarily matching.
M:
Right, okay then, so we'll see how we go, who's on tommorrow, Dave?
D:
I think it's Neil.
M:
Neil.
D:
And he's gonna get five out of five.
M:
Is he?
D:
I think he's got two A-Levels.
M:
Ah, right there's no guarentee of scoring on this quiz, having qualifications. Alright thanks vey much Dave.
D:
Thank you.
L:
Bye.
K:
Bye.
L:
Bye.
(the theme again)

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